Despite my SXSW preview blogs being horrifically under-read, and misunderstood as boastful bragging pieces about what others can’t experience instead of creative ways to promote artists I may otherwise not be able to talk about, and despite Saving Country Music being eaten by Facebook, ripped in half by XXX, and the last vestiges of readers descending into pointless polarized rants about Hank III and Jamey Johnson that scare any thoughts of new readers away, I sally forth.

Stalkers, I present to you the Holy Grail of my upcoming SXSW movements: my master schedule. It is subject to change. Please if your down in Austin and happen to see I will be attending a show that you will also, don’t approach me, I’m not in the mood. And I’m packing.

good to hang a bit yesterday man. I’m over the chaos of SXSW, but, we’re gonna hammer it out and have a good time. The one thing I wanted to try was to make the Hellbound Glory show–but, we’re playing at the same time elsewhere.

When I was reading your schedule I was thinking I hope you packed a unicycle in your backback this year. Now that would be a nifty was to get around. You could even sell advertising to display on it. How’s the weather there? As lovely as last year I hope.

PS I don’t think many people will be bothering you this year as they don’t know what you look like. I only knew as there was just one photo up on your site previously which made it easy to stalk you.

Slim Cessna finished up at 9:52, which gave me a good amount of time to get to Otis. I missed the first couple songs, but the problem was they cut him off at 10:40. Lame. It was an official SXSW deal, which I try to avoid at all cost. They weren’t even going to let me in the door, but I have a way of finding my way into places.

He was kind of a headliner last year, if you can have a headliner when 8,000 bands are playing (literally). He played some of the main stages and stuff, and said in interviews he didn’t think he’d be back, that he would give room for the “up and comers”. He also wrecked a car during SXSW last year, and that is where I first saw him messed up, and where I first heard rumors. He may have some bad memories, which SXSW can do to some.

If you came down to the south Congress area on Friday, let’s say for the Bloodshot Records Yard Dog party, you will be fine. Yes, it will probably be a little hard to find a parking spot and you may have to walk a little, but it would not be like trying to park downtown on Saturday. And the earlier you get there, probably the better. Downtown is where the madness can be unbearable. South Congress can be bad too after 5 PM on Friday, but before then, I think you’ll be fine. Having said that, I swear yesterday there were twice as many people downtown as there was Wednesday last year.

Okay, this is spooky. I just saw a photo of Brett Amaker and the Rodeo and realised I met two of the guys at Ginny’s Little Long Horn Saloon last year. I got a photo of them in their get up, it’s on my SXSW 2010 page. I thought were mormons or something.

I hear ya, I realised last year I’m a bit too old for a festival that huge, crowded and long! I missed a bunch of bands I was keen to see. Take care, get lots of sleep and pop some vitamins maybe? The best thing about where you live is you will get to see lots of the bands at a later date anyway, Biram for example?

Nikki, I am going to try and post a SXSW summary soon, and then I may do some specific reviews of bands beyond that. I also got 6 interviews that I will be posting and transcribing over the coming weeks. Also have some video. It is going to take time, and the Ralph Moody passing has delayed me a bit.